Former Minority Whip, Iowa State House of Representatives

Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 54, 2002-2021

Speaker of the House, Iowa State House of Representatives, 2015-2020

Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 54, 2018

Majority Leader, Iowa State House of Representatives, 2010-2015

Former Member, Administration and Rules Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Service, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Studies, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Legislative Council, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Studies, Iowa State House of Representative

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Service, Iowa State House of Representatives, 2017-2019

Nurse Practitioner, Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, 1988-present

Former Nurse Practitioner, Mason City Clinic

Member, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, present

Member, American Legislative Exchange Council Health and Human Services Task Force, present

Chair, Center to Restore the Balance of Government, American Legislative Exchange, present

Member, Council of State Governments Work Group for Interbranch Cooperation, present

Member, Farm Bureau, present

Chair, Health Information Technology, present

Member, Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society, present

Member, Midwest Council of State Governments Executive Committee and Health and Human Services Committee, present

Member, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, present

Member, Phi Theta Kappa, present

Member, Professional Cardiovascular Nurses Association, present

Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, present

Member, Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church of Garner, present

Former Board Member, Iowa Association of Community College Trustees

Former Executive Committee Member, Midwestern Legislative Conference

Former Board Member, National Associations of Community College Trustees

Former Trustee, North Iowa Area Community College

National Chair, American Legislative Exchange Council Board of Directors, 2014

Toll Fellow, The Council of State Governments Henry Toll Fellowship Program, 2006

Favorite Athlete:

Carl Edwards

Favorite Book:

Atlas Shrugged

Favorite Movie:

Remedy of a Killer

Favorite Musician:

George Strait

Number of Grandchildren:

5